Gro Harlem Brundtland

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Cancers of all types among women are increasing

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Women power is a formidable force.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

The diagnosis is clear, the science in unequivocal-it's completely immoral, even, to question now, on the basis of what we know, the…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

There is a very close connection between being a doctor and a politician. The doctor tries to prevent illness, then tries to…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage,…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

The climate challenge illustrates how we have to change. The developing countries need more support and opportunities to develop and use clean…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Health is the core of human development

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan and causes more than 2.3 million fractures…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

If globalization is to realise its potential as a force for good, we have to look more closely at the means by…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families,…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland